ข้าวสาร

kâao-sǎan

Meaning

1NounA1

uncooked rice (raw grains)

Raw, uncooked rice grains (dry rice) used for cooking; may refer to various varieties (e.g., jasmine, glutinous).

Examples

ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)ถังtǎngถังtǎng1container; bucket; bin; tank2classifier: buckets, bins, drums and tanksยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)5to; towardมีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoข้าวสารkâao-sǎanข้าวสารkâao-sǎanuncooked rice (raw grains)เหลืออยู่lʉ̌ʉa-yùuเหลืออยู่lʉ̌ʉa-yùu1[to] remain; be left (over)2remaining; left; leftover
There are still raw rice grains left in the bin.
3 more examples
ก่อนgɔ̀ɔnหุงhǔngเราraoล้างข้าวláang-kâaoสารsǎanให้hâiสะอาดsà-àatก่อนgɔ̀ɔn
Before cooking, we rinse the uncooked rice grains first.
เขาkǎoชอบchɔ̂ɔpใช้cháiข้าวสารkâao-sǎanเหนียวnǐiaoทำtamข้าวเหนียวมะม่วงkâao-nǐiao-má-mûuang
He likes to use glutinous rice grains to make mango sticky rice.
แม่mɛ̂ɛซื้อsʉ́ʉข้าวสารkâao-sǎanหอมมะลิhɔ̌ɔm-má-líหนึ่งnʉ̀ngถุงtǔng
Mom bought one bag of jasmine rice.

Tones

See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.

2 syllables · pick one to see its rule

How the tone is decided

  1. Consonant classHigh class
  2. Tone markMai tho
  3. Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.

High class consonants

ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห

Result

Falling tone

kâao

Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.

High class + Mai tho → Falling

Tone chart

Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.

Mid classHigh classLow class
No mark + liveMidRisingMid
No mark + dead shortLowLowHigh
No mark + dead longLowLowFalling
Mai ekLowLowFalling
Mai thoFallingFallingHigh
Mai triHigh——
Mai chattawaRising——
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Word Breakdown

ข้าวkâaoข้าวkâao1rice (cooked)2rice (grain/uncooked)3meal; food (general)4rice plant; paddyrice (cooked)Part 1
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สารsǎanสารsǎan1substance; material2message; content3letter; epistle (formal/literary)4essence; substance (figurative)substance; materialPart 2
ข้าวสารkâao-sǎanข้าวสารkâao-sǎanuncooked rice (raw grains)uncooked rice (raw grains)Word